Anger over manspreading, not the manspreading itself, is the real problem

Stop getting angry at manspreading, and start doing something about it

Men have called the shots for a rather long time, so it’s hardly a surprise that now that the tables are turning, they’re turning hard.

These days the masculine sex, once able to get away with figurative murder, is taken to task for everything from its way of explaining things (mansplaining), to its way of doing business (which caused the “he-cession” of 2008).

And then there’s manspreading, the practice of spreading the legs wide in public seating areas, especially on trains and buses. Long the scourge of commuters the world over, manspreading is back in the news as the transport authorities in Madrid, under pressure from left-wing political parties, have decided to crack down on it.